Elements
By: written by Adrian Dingle
Edition: First American edition.
Series: DK eyewitness; DK eyewitness books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781465474049; 9780857625052; 9781465474056
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Chemical elements; Chemistry; Juvenile literature
Other titles: Eyewitness elements
Description: The elements in the periodic table are the ingredients that make up our world. Explore elements such as carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and learn why they are essential to our survival. See how precious gold protects astronauts in space, and why the metal mercury can be both a solid and a liquid. Find out about man-made elements, which the smartest chemists are busy figuring out how to use. Learn about scores of other elements, including silver, the alkaline earth metals, the nitrogen elements, and the noble gases, such as helium and krypton.
Notes: Includes glossary.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is an element?; title: Inside an atom; title: The periodic table; title: Elemental groups and sets; title: Hydrogen; title: Alkali metals; title: Alkaline earth metals; title: Transition metals; title: Lanthanides; title: Actinides; title: The boron group; title: The carbon group; title: The nitrogen group; title: The oxygen group; title: Halogens; title: Noble gases.